Lysosomes are the garbage disposals of animal cells. As the resources are limited in cells, organic materials are broken down and recycled a lot — and that’s what lysosomes do. Detecting problems with lysosomes is the focus of a new set of fluorescent probes developed by researchers at Michigan Technological University. The Royal Society of Chemistry published their work in January.

A growing body of evidence in the medical community holds that greater diversity of bacteria and even worms in the digestive tract offers protection against a variety of allergic and autoimmune problems.

Cheese, though high in saturated fat, could help lower cholesterol and help explain the “French paradox.”

Salk scientists discover a single protein that energizes both muscles and the brain.

Consumers are one step closer to benefiting from packaging that could give simple text warnings when food is contaminated with deadly pathogens like E. coli and Salmonella, and patients could soon receive real-time diagnoses of infections such as C. difficile right in their doctors’ offices, saving critical time and trips to the lab.

In lab and mouse experiments, cigarette smoke helps drug-resistant bacteria fight off the immune system.

An Ebola whole virus vaccine, constructed using a novel experimental platform, has been shown to effectively protect monkeys exposed to the often fatal virus.

When we drive past sunny fields of grapes, we might think we're seeing how they’re doing—but much more is going on invisible to the human eye: vines and roots teeming with bacteria, viruses and fungi that all impact how those grapes will grow.

A new study by scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine sheds significant light on our understanding of how brain networks contribute to obsessive-compulsive disorder in youth. Led by David Rosenberg, M.D., and Vaibhav Diwadkar, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, the research demonstrates that communication between some of the brain’s most important centers is altered in the disorder.

MicroRNA (miRNA) play an important role in controlling different processes that occur in cells through gene regulation. These small molecules are able to regulate many cellular processes by reducing target amounts in the cells. There are more than 1,900 locations in the human genome that are known to produce these miRNA molecules.

Study at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source shows why skin is resistant to tearing.

Water testing laboratories hold a unique position among analytical facilities in their interaction with broadly diverse government and private entities